Contents. 



CHAPTER IV. 



PAGE 



IN SOUTHERN SEAS 31 



The Log-Book Bahia Singular Appearance of the Water 

 The Vampire Bat Slavery Trips into the Country 

 Rare Collections In the Brazilian Forest Shooting Mon- 

 keys The Click of a Butterfly Jumping Spiders Electri- 

 cal Displays The Plata. 



CHAPTER V. 



IN THE LAND OF THE SACRED TREE . . . .47 



The Rio Negro Trips into the Interior The Sacred Tree 

 Superstition of Natives Salt Lakes Bahia Blanca A 

 Tomb of Giants The Mylodon Danvinii The Armadillo 

 Hibernation Careful Work War General Rosas Bru- 

 tal Natives Skilled Equestrians. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 AMONG THE FOSSILS 58 



A Long Bullock Ride Santa Fe An Animal Collector- 

 Large Fossils Indian Superstitions Darwin 111 A Native 

 Doctor Geology Gigantic Armoured Animals Drought 

 The Parana The Jaguar Darwin a Prisoner Swimming 

 Horses Shower of Butterflies Phosphorescence. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 THE LAND OF GIANTS J2 



The Patagonians Guanaco Hunting Singular Burial Cus- 

 toms A Horse with a Proboscis Extinction Up the Santa 

 Cruz Puma Tracks Catching the Condor Falkland Isl- 

 ands Among the Glaciers The Fuegians Giant Sea- 

 Weed and Its Work. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE FOOT OF THE ANDES .83 



At Valparaiso Andean Life An Old Schoolmate An 



